Not Tribe game related but, as much as we may all hate the Tigers, can't help but root for Max Scherzer today...... he's pitching in spite of the fact that his brother commited suicide within the last few days.

skatingtripods wrote:Tempting fate here. Solid 2-0 win last night without a game thread.

I thought of that but I figured what the heck, we'll lose anyway since it's a SOFT-TOSSING LEFTY we've NEVER seen. OTOH, I think most of us would agree that Gomez needs to ride the C-bus right now. Keuchel may be a blessing in disguise.

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

NoNoNO! I have to see news about Youk all the time since I live 60 miles away from Fenway. He's been a pain for a couple of years now. I'd rather YOU played 3rd/1st than have Youk so much as in our ballboy's uniform.

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

Come ON guys. I've had front row seats to the Youkilis show for as long as he's been in Bahstun. His production started to slide a couple years ago. Really started to nosedive last year. Has't been much all this year, even before WILL (why do people keep calling him "Wes"?) Middlebrooks came up. But if you want to watch a player question EVERY FRACKIN' STRIKE CALL an ump makes, well then he's your man.

If we got him he'd be garbage for garbage. (Now watch, the Tribe will acquire him and he'll be great the rest of the year. I would happily eat my words if that happened so long as I could wash them down with a Great Lakes brew. )

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

I hate Youk because he WHINES. No one who plays sports should be wussy enough to whine like a girl. Youk's a girly whiner. I hate Pedroia too, but he doesn't whine. At something like 5' 5" you could almost excuse it, but he crabs like a real guy. If the Tribe ever put him in an Indians' uniform I would be OK with it as much as I hate him here as a Red Sux.

FWIW, Youk was in the dugout at the start of this game. Not too sure how much he'll be in there though since Middlebrooks is 2-2 with 33 RBI over his 40 ABs since his call-up. So far a run-scoring double and solo home run. Youk is gone by the end of this weekend if the Sux can find a taker...

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

Youk is hitting .174 in June and .191 on the road. He's much better in Fenway. I don't see how replacing Kotchman with Youk at first is going to improve the offense. Hell, he's no better than Lopez.

I can't see him DHing for Hafner either, except maybe against left-handed pitching. Youk is hitting .243/.764 against lefties, which is nothing spectacular. If they're going to rest Pronk against lefties they might as well just have Lopez DH and have Marson catch with Santana playing 1st base.

And none of the above takes into account the probability of additional injuries or the "clubhouse cancer" thing. Or the money we would have to pay him.

He would probably be an upgrade over Shelley Duncan as a right-handed bat off the bench, except that Duncan gets almost no at-bats anymore so what's the point? Also, Youk can't play left field when Damon needs a day off to rest his 38-year-old bones.